1$NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.309 2021/04/16 15:53:55 pgoyette Exp $ 210Q thank you 310X thanks 41337 elite ("leet") 5224 today, tomorrow, forever 631337 elite ("eleet") 74TW for the win 8A/S/L age/sex/location 9AAMOF as a matter of fact 10ABD all but dissertation 11AC audible chuckle 12ACAB all cats are beautiful 13ADD attention deficit disorder 14ADHD attention deficit (and) hyperactivity disorder 15ADN any day now 16ADOS attention deficit ... oh, shiny! 17AEAP as early as possible 18AFAIAC as far as I am concerned 19AFAIC as far as I'm concerned 20AFAICR as far as I can {recall,remember} 21AFAICS as far as I can see 22AFAICT as far as I can tell 23AFAIK as far as I know 24AFAIR as far as I {recall,remember} 25AFAIU as far as I understand 26AFD away from desktop 27AFK away from keyboard 28AFW away from window 29AGM annual general meeting 30AINEC and it's not even close 31AISE as I see it 32AIU as I understand 33AIUI as I understand it 34AKA also known as 35ALPR automatic license plate recognition 36AM ante meridiem 37AMA ask me anything 38AMOL a mountain of love 39ANPR automatic number plate recognition 40APM alternative payment model 41ASAIC as soon as I can 42ASAP as soon as possible 43ASL age/sex/location 44ATEOTD at the end of the day 45ATM at the moment 46ATM {automated,automatic} teller machine 47ATW around the world 48ABV alcohol by volume 49AVI automatic vehicle identification 50AWK Aho, Weinberger, [and] Kernighan 51AWOL absent without official leave 52AYBABTU all your base are belong to us 53AYF all your fault 54AYOR at your own risk 55AYT are you there 56B& banned 57B/C because 58B/W bandwidth 59B/W between 60BAI goodbye 61BAK back at keyboard 62BAU business as usual 63BBIAB be back in a bit 64BBL [I'll] be back later 65BBR burnt beyond repair 66BBS be back soon 67BBT be back tomorrow 68BCNU be seeing you 69BCNUL8R be seeing you later 70BCP best current practice 71BDFL benevolent dictator for life 72BF best friend 73BF boyfriend 74BFF best {friend,friends} forever 75BIAB back in a bit 76BIAF back in a few 77BIALW back in a little while 78BIAS back in a second 79BIAW back in a while 80BIDI boy, I did it 81BNYA burned now you are 82BOC but of course 83BOFH bastard operator from hell 84BOT back on topic 85BPM beam propagation method 86BPM beats per minute 87BRB [I'll] be right back 88BSD booze, sex, drugs 89BTDT been there, done that 90BTFT been there, fixed that 91BTTH boot to the head 92BTW by the way 93BYOB bring your own {beer,booze} 94CC credit card 95CEO chief executive officer 96CFV call for votes 97CFY calling for you 98CG center of gravity 99CHANOPS channel operator status 100CIA central intelligence agency 101CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 102CNP continued [in my] next post 103COB close of business [day] 104COTS commercial off-the-shelf 105CPA cyproterone acetate 106CPC cost per click 107CPE customer premises equipment 108CPR car plate recognition 109CRM customer relationship management 110CTF capture the flag 111CTN can't talk now 112CU see you 113CUL see you later 114CYA see ya 115CYA see you around 116CYE check your email 117D/B/A doing business as 118D/L download 119DBA doing business as 120DBEYR don't believe everything you read 121DC Dreamcast 122DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion? 123DIY do it yourself 124DKDC don't know, don't care 125DM direct message 126DM dungeon master 127DME durable medical equipment 128DMEPOS durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies 129DMZ demilitarized zone 130DND do not disturb 131DNF did not finish 132DNFT do not feed troll 133DOA dead on arrival 134DOTADIW do one thing and do it well 135DRY don't repeat yourself 136DS Dual Screen 137DSTM don't shoot the messenger 138DTRT do the right thing 139DTWT do the wrong thing 140DWIM do what I mean 141DYAC damn you autocorrect 142DYK do you know? 143EA early adopter 144ECR electronic cash register 145EDS eternal downward spiral 146EFT electronic funds transfer 147EG evil grin 148EIE enough is enough 149EMSG email message 150EOB end of business [day] 151EOD end of {day,discussion} 152EOL end of life 153EOM end of message 154EOS end of story 155ETA edited to add 156ETA estimated time of arrival 157ETLA extended three letter acronym 158ETR early to rise 159EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 160EZ easy 161EZPZ easy-peasy 162F9 fine 163FAQ frequently asked question 164FBOW for better or worse 165FCFS first come, first served 166FCOL for crying out loud 167FFS free for shipping 168FITB fill in the blank 169FNO for nerds only 170FNO from now on 171FOC free of charge 172FPS first person shooter 173FPS frames per second 174FQA frequently questioned answer 175FRAND fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory 176FSDO for some definition of 177FSVO for some value of 178FTBFS fails to build from source 179FTFY fixed that for you 180FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 181FTL faster than light 182FTL for the loss 183FTR for the record 184FTTT from time to time 185FTW for the win 186FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 187FWIW for what it's worth 188FYEO for your eyes only 189FYI for your information 190G grin 191G/C garbage collect 192G2G got to go 193G2K good to know 194GA go ahead 195GAC get a clue 196GAL get a life 197GB Game Boy 198GBA Game Boy Advance 199GBC Game Boy Color 200GBTW get back to work 201GC GameCube 202GCD greatest common divisor 203GCHQ Government Communications Headquarters (UK) 204GDPR General Data Protection Regulation 205GF girlfriend 206GFCI ground-fault circuit interrupter 207GFU good for you 208GFY good for you 209GG good game 210GGA good game all 211GGP good game partner 212GGWP good game, well played 213GIGO garbage in, garbage out 214GIYF Google is your friend 215GJ good job 216GL good luck 217GLHF good luck, have fun 218GLINE global kill line 219GLWT good luck with that 220GM game master 221GMT Greenwich mean time 222GMTA great minds think alike 223GOK God only knows 224GOP Grand Old Party 225GOWI get on with it 226GPS global positioning system 227GR8 great 228GTG got to go 229GTH go to hell 230GTSY {glad,good} to see you 231GWS get well soon 232H8 hate 233HAND have a nice day 234HE how embarrassing 235HF have fun 236HHIS hanging head in shame 237HHOS ha ha, only serious 238HICA here it comes again 239HME home medical equipment 240HNY happy new year 241HOAS hold on a second 242HOPS half-operator status 243HTH hope this helps 244IAC in any case 245IAE in any event 246IANAL I am not a lawyer 247IAW in another window 248IAWTC I agree with this comment 249IAWTP I agree with this post 250IAY I adore you 251IB I'm back 252IC I see 253ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 254ICCL I couldn't care less 255ICUR I see you are 256ICYMI in case you missed it 257IDC I don't care 258IDGI I don't get it 259IDGW in a good way 260IDI I doubt it 261IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 262IDK I don't know 263IDRC I don't really care 264IDTS I don't think so 265IDTT I drink to that 266IFF if and only if 267IFTTT if this then that 268IHBW I have been wrong 269IIANM if I am not mistaken 270IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 271IIUC if I understand correctly 272IKR I know, right? 273IKWYM I know what you mean 274ILU I love you 275ILY I love you 276IMAO in my arrogant opinion 277IMBO in my biased opinion 278IMCO in my considered opinion 279IME in my experience 280IMHO in my humble opinion 281IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 282IMO in my opinion 283INB4 in before 284INPO in no particular order 285IOW in other words 286IPML I pissed myself laughing 287IQ intelligence quotient 288IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 289IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 290IRL in real life 291IRT in real time 292IRT in regards to 293ISAGN I see a great need 294ISBN International Standard Book Number 295ISTM it seems to me 296ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 297ITC in this {channel,chat} 298ITT in this thread 299ITYM I think you mean 300IUD insert usual disclaimers 301IUSS if you say so 302IW it's worse 303IWBNI it would be nice if 304IYD in your dreams 305IYKWIM if you know what I mean 306IYSS if you say so 307IYSWIM if you see what I mean 308J/K just kidding 309JAM just a minute 310JAS just a second 311JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 312JFTR just for the record 313JFYI just for your information 314JGI just Google it 315JGI just got it 316JHD just hit delete 317JIC just in case 318JJA just joking around 319JK just kidding 320JMO just my opinion 321JSYK just so you know 322JTLYK just to let you know 323JW just wondering 324KISS keep it simple, stupid 325KITA kick in the ass 326KK okay, okay 327KLINE kill line 328KMA keep me advised 329KMA keep moving ahead 330KMA kill me already 331KNF kernel normal form 332KOS kill on sight 333KTHX okay, thanks 334KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 335KWIM know what I mean? 336L8 late 337L8R later 338LART luser attitude readjustment tool 339LBNL last but not least 340LGTM looks good to me 341LJBF let's just be friends 342LMAO laughing my ass off 343LMC let me check 344LMGTFY let me google that for you 345LMHO laughing my head off 346LMK let me know 347LMNO laughing my nuts off 348LMSO laughing my socks off 349LOIC low orbit ion cannon 350LOL laughing out loud 351LP long playing [record] 352LPR license plate recognition 353LSD lysergic acid diethylamide 354LTNS long time no see 355LWYL laugh with you later 356M&O management & operations 357M8 mate 358MAD mutually assured destruction 359MBA master of business administration 360MD Mega Drive 361MDMA methylenedioxy methamphetamine 362MFW my face when 363MIA missing in action 364MLPR mobile license plate reader 365MMB message me back 366MO modus operandi 367MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 368MOTOS member of the opposite sex 369MOTSS member of the same sex 370MTF more to follow 371MVP minimum viable product 372MVP most valuable player 373MYOB mind your own business 374N/A not {applicable,available} 375N/M never mind 376NAFAIK not as far as I know 377NB nota bene 378NBD no big deal 379NE1 anyone 380NEDM not even Doom music 381NES Nintendo Entertainment System 382NFA no flaming allowed 383NFC no functional change 384NGP Neo Geo Pocket 385NGPC Neo Geo Pocket Color 386NIFOC naked in front of computer 387NIH not invented here 388NIMBY not in my backyard 389NM never mind 390NMF not my fault 391NMP not my problem 392NMU not much, you? 393NOM no offence meant 394NOOB newbie 395NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 396NOYB none of your business 397NP no problem 398NPC non-player character 399NRFPT not ready for prime time 400NRN no reply necessary 401NRN not right now 402NSFW not suitable for work 403NTBF not to be fixed 404NTN no thanks needed 405NUNP no users, no problems 406NVM never mind 407NVMM never mind mate 408NW no way 409NXT next 410NYPA not your personal army 411O2W off to work 412OAO over and out 413OBV obviously 414OBVS obviously 415ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 416OFC of course 417OH other half 418OIC oh, I see 419OMG oh my God 420OMW on my way 421ONNA oh no, not again 422ONNTA oh no, not this again 423OOB out of bounds 424OOC out of curiosity 425OOI out of interest 426OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 427OPS operator status 428OPS operators 429ORITE oh, right 430OT off topic 431OTL out to lunch 432OTOH on the other hand 433OTP one true pairing 434OTS off the shelf 435OTT over the top 436OTTOMH off the top of my head 437OWTTE or words to that effect 438PC player character 439PC politically correct 440PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 441PCE PC Engine 442PD police department 443PDA public display of affection 444PDQ pretty darn quick 445PDS please don't shout 446PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 447PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 448PFI pay for inclusion 449PFY pimply faced youth 450PHB pointy haired boss 451PIN personal identification number 452PITA pain in the ass 453PITR {parent,parents} in the room 454PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 455PM post meridiem 456PMFI problem magically fixed itself 457PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 458PMSL pissing myself laughing 459PNG persona non grata 460PNP plug and pray 461POC point of contact 462POC proof of concept 463POLA principle of least astonishment 464POLS principle of least surprise 465POS point of sale 466POV point of view 467PPL people 468PPL pretty please 469PPP petty pet peeve 470PPS pulse per second (signal) 471PR public relations 472PSA prostate-specific antigen 473PSA public service announcement 474PSX PlayStation 475PTA parent-teacher association 476PTO {paid,personal} time off 477PTO parent-teacher organization 478PTO please turn over 479PTO power takeoff 480PTT push-to-talk 481PTT post-telephone-telegraph 482PTV parental tunnel vision 483QED quod erat demonstrandum 484QFT quoted for truth 485QOI quality of information 486RA residential advisor 487RAND reasonable and non-discriminatory 488RCD residual current device 489RFC request for comments 490RFD request for discussion 491RFE request for enhancements 492RFI request for information 493RFP request for proposal 494RIF reduction in force 495RIP rest in peace 496RL real life 497RLC rod length check 498RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 499ROFL rolling on floor laughing 500ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 501ROM rough order of magnitude 502ROI return on investment 503ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 504RP responsible person 505RPG rocket-propelled grenade 506RR railroad 507RSI repetitive strain injury 508RSN real soon now 509RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 510S/T self titled 511SAR search and rescue 512SAR some assembly required 513SCNR sorry, could not resist 514SEP someone else's problem 515SERP search engine results page 516SFAICT so far as I can tell 517SGTM sounds good to me 518SHID slaps head in disgust 519SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 520SITD still in the dark 521SJW social justice warrior 522SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 523SMH shaking my head 524SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 525SMOP simple matter of programming 526SMS Sega Master System 527SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 528SNES Super Nintendo Entertainment System 529SNMP sorry, not my problem 530SO significant other 531SOB son of [a] bitch 532SOP standard operating procedure 533SRS serious 534SRSLY seriously 535SSIA subject says it all 536SSTO single stage to orbit 537STW search the web 538SUS stupid user syndrome 539SUX sucks 540SUX2BU sucks to be you 541SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 542SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 543SWMBO she who must be obeyed 544SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 545SYS see you soon 546TA teaching assistant 547TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 548TBA to be announced 549TBC to be continued 550TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 551TBH to be honest 552TBOMK the best of my knowledge 553TCB taking care of business 554TCO taken care of 555TCO total cost of ownership 556TFOA things falling off aircraft 557TFW that feeling when 558TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 559THNX thanks 560THX thanks 561TIA thanks in advance 562TIAVP this is a volunteer project 563TIC tongue in cheek 564TIL today I learned 565TINC there is no cabal 566TINLA this is not legal advice 567TINWIS this is not what I said 568TJM that's just me 569TLA three letter acronym 570TLA true love always 571TLC tender loving care 572TLDR too long, didn't read 573TLDW too long, didn't watch 574TM trademark 575TM trust me 576TMA too many abbreviations 577TMG too much government 578TMI too much information 579TMJ temporomandibular joint 580TMK to my knowledge 581TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 582TNF The NetBSD Foundation 583TOC table of contents 584TOCTOU time of check to time of use 585TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 586TOFU text over, fullquote under (in email) 587TOH to other half 588TP toilet paper 589TPTB the powers that be 590TRT the right thing 591TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 592TTFN ta ta for now 593TTM to the moderator 594TTT thought that too 595TTTR time-tagged time-resolved 596TTYL talk to you later 597TTYS talk to you soon 598TWAIN thing without an interesting name 599TWDT the whole damn thing 600TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 601TY thank you 602TYVM thank you very much 603U/L upload 604UGT universal greeting time 605UPC Universal Product Code 606UR your 607UR {you're, you are} 608URM underrepresented minority 609UTSL use the source, Luke 610VCR video cassette recorder 611VEG very evil grin 612VIP very important person 613VLA variable length array 614VLPR vehicle license plate recognition 615VRI vehicle recognition identification 616W/ with 617W/E whatever 618W/O without 619W8 wait 620WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 621WAG wild-ass guess 622WB welcome back 623WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 624WDYMBT what do you mean by that 625WELC working effectively with legacy code 626WFH working from home 627WFM works for me 628WGACA what goes around comes around 629WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 630WIP work in progress 631WLW women-loving women 632WMNC watch me not care 633WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 634WP well played 635WRR weighted round robin 636WRT with respect to 637WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 638WTF where's the food 639WTG way to go 640WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 641WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 642WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 643WWJD what would Jesus do? 644YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 645YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 646YAOTM yet another off-topic message 647YCTAT you can't troll a troll 648YGM you got mail 649YHBT you have been trolled 650YHL you have lost 651YKWIM you know what I mean 652YMMV your mileage may vary 653YOLO you only live once 654YW you're welcome 655YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 656ZIP zoning improvement plan 657